Carrier for manufacturing fertilizer.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903.

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APPLIOATIOH III-ED FEB. 9, 1903.

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A. J. S'AGKETT. CARRIER FOR MANUFACTURING FERTILIZER.

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rrnn STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

CARRIER FOR MANUFACTURlNG FERTILIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,132, dated June 16,1903. Application filed February 9, 1903. ,Serial No. 142,624. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS J. SACKETT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBatcher-Oarriers for Manufacturing Fertilizer; and I do hereby declarethefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled able means being providedfor jarring off any fertilizer that might have a tendency to cling tothe plates of the carrier, and in theprovision of hinged doors, whichare mounted near the ends of the carriers to prevent the materialrunning out the ends and guiding the same to the elevator and soarranged as toy-ield against an excessive pressure that might be broughtto bear upon the same.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which- Figure l is a vertical sectional view throughmyimproved carrier-hatchet. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an endelevation. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the carrier-plates.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frame of the apparatus, which is positioned, preferably,a slight distance below the floor B, and mounted in the beams O of theframework are the shafts D and D, and secured to said shafts are thesprocket'wheels E, arranged in pairs, as shown in the top plan view ofthe .drawings, and mounted to travel about said sprocket-wheels is anendless carrier made up of plates F. Said plates extend, preferably, thewidth of the carrier and have their ends beveled, as shown at F, thusforming a means for retaining the batch of fertilizer upon the same asit is carried forward to be dumped in a hopper, from which it isconveyed away by an elevator. Mounted upon the frame are the tracks H,the ends of which are curved, as at H", and secured to the under surfaceof each plate is a bracket I, between the lugs of which are mountedwheels J, which are preferably flanged and adapted to travel upon saidtracks. In the drawings there are shown two wheels secured to each plateopposite each other and mounted on the tracks, as shown.

Mounted upon a shaftK, which is journaled in suitable hearings in theframe of the machine, is a pinion-wheel K, which is .in

mesh with a pinion-wheel K mounted to rofate with the shaft D, and onthe opposite end of the shaft K is fixed a pinion-wheel L, which is inmesh with a'gear-wheel L on the end of the shaft D, said shaft K beingdriven by means of a bevel-gear N, fixed to one end of the shaft, whichis in mesh with a bevelpinion N, keyed to rotate with the shaft M. Saidshaft M, which is jonrnaled in suitable bearings upon the frame of themachine, has fix'ed thereto a sprocket-whee Bi, which may be driven byconnection with any suitable power. Splined upon said shaft M are theclutch members 0, there being two of said clutch members which areadapted to mesh with the bevel-wheels l it being understood that Iprovide in my apparatus two carriers similarly-constructed and which aregeared together in the manner illustrated in the drawings. Fastened tosaid clutch members are suitable operatinghandles Q, whereby one or theother of i the carriers may be thrown into operation at the pleasure ofthe operator. 9 Q

Mounted upon a shaft R, supported by the framework of the mechanism, isa lever B, which has a hammer-head R upon one end, the other end ofwhichlever is positioned in the path of the cam-wheel, rotating with theshaft T. Said hammer is so positioned that at each rotary movement ofthe camwheel it will strike against the under surface of the plate ofthe carrier, thus imparting a jar thereto for the purpose of looseningany fertilizer that may cling to the plate.

In order to prevent the fertilizer from falling out over the ends of thesprocket-wheels, I provide deflecting-plates W, the ends of which arepreferably angled to guide the material, and these plates are arrangednear the ends of the carrier and adjacent to the elevator. Intermediatethe two carriers is a hopper P, and a sprocket-wheel P is journaled insuitable bearings P near the lower end of the hopper, and about saidwheel P is adapted to pass an endless, chain having carriers may bethrown into operation.

buckets X, the other end of the carrier passiugabout the sprocket-wheelbeing adapted to pass over a similar sprocket-wheel, (not shown,) bywhich elevator the material may be conveyed away to any suitablelocation.

In operation the-material is batched or bedded on the plates of one ofthe carriers, and when the workmen have accomplished 'this the clutch onthat side is drawn, so that thetop plates travel very slowly forward andempty successively into the elevator. The knocker as the carrier is inoperation will "strike against each plate, imparting a jar thereto whichhas a tendency to disengage any materialgthat might cling to the plates.While one carrier is in operation the other one maybe idle and a singlebatch or bed formed on the plates of the other carrier, and

invention are disclosed, it will be understood that I may makealterations in the construction of the invention without departing fromthe spiritof the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isv.

1. A fertilizer-manufacturing apparatus comprising endless conveyersadapted to be mounted underneath a suitable floor or platform, ahopperintermediate said conveyers, an elevator passing through the hopper,tracks secured to the frame. supporting the conveyers, the plates of theconveyers'having beveled flanges, bracket-plates secured to the undersurface of each plate, and flanged wheels journaled on said tracks, andclutch mechanism for throwing the carriers into and out ofv gear withsuitable driving mechanism, as set forth.

2. A fertilizermanufacturing apparatus comprising a framework positionedbeneath a floor or platform, endless conveyers mounted on saidframework, the plates of said conveyers having beveled flanges,deflect-ingplates mounted upon the framework and positioned adjacent tothe inner ends of the conveyer, a hopper intermediate the con-v veyers,and an elevator working through said hopper, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses..7

AUGUSTUS J. SACKETT.

\Vitnesses:

ENocH IIARLAN, HARRY L. PRIC

